Columnist: Alexander Folz
Cardinal Hollerich Says Women’s Ordination Essential to Church’s Future
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the former general relator of the Synod on Synodality, has publicly called for the ordination of women, arguing that the Church cannot long endure if half ...
Bishop Bätzing Claims German Bishops Not On ‘Confrontational Course With Rome’
The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s ...
German Bishop Allows Use of ‘Gender Star’ in Archdiocesan Publications
With the “Decree on the Use of Gender-Fair Language ,” the Archdiocese of Freiburg has permitted the use of the gender star in certain ecclesiastical areas. Accordingly, church employees should generally ...
Swiss Bishop Issues Call For Women’s Ordination
The Bishop of the Swiss Diocese of St. Gallen, Markus Büchel, spoke out in favor of the ordination of women in the podcast “Laut + Leis” of the news portal kath.ch. Specifically, ...